Topic: Europe
PARIS (Reuters) - A French ban on praying in the street came into force on Friday, driving thousands of Muslim worshippers in northern Paris into a makeshift prayer site in a disused fire brigade barracks, angering a small but vocal minority.The street-prayer ...
ERFURT, Germany (Reuters) - Indifference, irritation and, inevitably, protest will likely mark a papal trip to the former East Germany that includes an historic meeting in the one-time home of Martin Luther to find ways Catholics and Protestants can work together to ...
The country's first turban-wearing Sikh peer has vowed to dispel prejudices about his religion that have increased in the wake of terrorist attacks on the West in the past decade.Indarjit Singh, whose official title on entering the House of Lords will be ...
The country's first turban-wearing Sikh MP has vowed to dispel prejudices about his religion that have increased in the wake of terrorist attacks on the West in the past decade.Indarjit Singh, whose official title on entering the House of Lords will be ...
The Vatican on Saturday acknowledged "grave failures" in handling a child sex abuse scandal involving priests in southern Ireland as Dublin insisted the Holy See helped block investigations.In its long-awaited response to an official report commissioned by the Irish government, the Vatican ...
Each August for the last 300 years, thousands of Poles have made a spiritual journey to the country's most revered monastery, home to an ancient Catholic icon believed to work miracles.Carrying rosaries, crosses and hiking poles, believers of every age, entire families, ...
A shooting outside a Copenhagen mosque killed one person and wounded another Tuesday as Pakistani worshippers were celebrating the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, police said."I can confirm that one person has been killed and another wounded," Copenhagen Police Chief ...
In Bosnia, which prides itself as the home ground of "European Islam", religious fervour and relaxed joie de vivre live easily side by side, even during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.While many Sarajevans strictly observe the Ramadan fast, the cafes in ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Pope Benedict has reaped praise before his visit to his German homeland next month from one of the last people one would expect -- the sharp-tongued leader of the former communists from old East Germany.Gregor Gysi, parliamentary leader for ...
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday was cut short from delivering a speech on marriage in Madrid, Spain by a freak stormPope Benedict XVI on Sunday was cut short from delivering a speech on marriage in Madrid, Spain by a freak storm that ...
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